- Second Chance: Global offensive - 26 December 2024
Hey everyone! It's your dev team here, and we're thrilled to announce that the latest game update is ready! Honestly, we can hardly believe we pulled this off before the year ended! To be completely honest, when we said we underestimated the size of Chapter 5, we had no idea just how much we underestimated it... Starting August 8, we've been fully focused on completing Lin's storyline for this chapter. It seemed like it wouldn’t be too hard, and we even managed to delight you with two updates featuring HCG scenes along the way. There was just a little left to do—or so we thought. Turns out, we were wrong. A lot has happened since then. We reevaluated our approach to developing the game, added tons of new content, and reworked a lot of the mechanics under the game's hood. Heck, we even upgraded to a new version of our game engine for the first time in ages! In today’s update, we focused…
- Christmas Update Announcement - 24 December 2024
Hello everyone! It's your devs here! The Christmas and New Year season has always been something special. The frost that chills you to the bone, the snow blanketing everything outside and keeping you indoors, and of course, the endless dark nights (a special bonus for those of us living in northern regions, like we do). But this year, most of those magical experiences (except the nights) decided to skip us entirely: it's +4°C outside, the snow forecast has turned into rain, and the holiday vibes are a bit harder to catch. So how do you get into the festive spirit? Well, how about enjoying your favorite game! And to become one of those favorite games, we've prepared an update that’s coming very soon (hopefully before 2025)! And no, it’s not just a Santa hat for Roshan! This update will have text, pictures, and… well, something else we can't quite remember! Merry Christmas and a Happy New…
- The long-awaited eggplant - 10 September 2024
Hello everyone! Developers here! After a short break (during which we were actively working), it's time for a fresh update. But what will be inside this update? Let's take a look... So, it seems Lin has spotted a suspicious eggplant in her field of vision. But, for some unknown reason, this eggplant is covered with pixel censorship! Looks suspicious... What do you think? In the latest update, we've added: Added an option to use a toy from Jen's shop on Lin in the fifth chapter. 1500 lines of dialogues, code, and translations. 30 new images for the HCG scene with Lin Completed work on Lin's gallery - now all images can be unlocked, including bonus ones (you may need to replay the scene with Lin from the beginning to achieve this) New sprite for the toy that can be stolen from Jen's shop (as if there was an old sprite before) Added a new achievement related to the toy, Lin, and HCG. Chang…
- A big mouth - 20 August 2024
Hello everyone! It's us again. Yes, we've been away for two years, but now we're back to make up for lost time and overwhelm you with updates and news! In this latest game update, you can expect: Around 500 lines of code added, including new content and its English translation. Several typos fixed in both the Russian and English versions of the game. You can now apply your big mouth skills to Lin! You can unlock a few more HCG images for Lin related to the new content! Two new achievements have been added.
- First-day patch (0c) - 9 August 2024
During the first day, thanks to player feedback, we identified and fixed several bugs. Fixed the error "name 'let_go_lux_in_chapter_four' is not defined," which affected some players. Fixed the error that prevented starting Chapter 5 in an alternative way (under certain playthrough conditions). Corrected several typos. We have already released patches for all these issues and tested the game's functionality and achievement unlocks. Everything should be working now. Please continue to report any new issues, and we'll fix them as quickly as possible!
- Rising from the Deep - 8 August 2024
Hello everyone! The developers here, and we're excited to announce that the latest game update is ready! We've previously mentioned that the scope of the fifth chapter was too large for us to release all at once. Working on this latest update has only confirmed this. Today, we're finally presenting you with the continuation of Lin's story up to the end of the fifth chapter! What's new: Over 20,000 lines of code, dialogues, and translations The possibility of starting chapter 5 differently New location - First Aid Room New location - Basement New location - Basement Room New location - Dormitory Entrance Lux - New exclusive costume Lisandra - New character! (FINALLY!) Howard - Got his own sprite! Ashley - Also got his own sprite! Two new characters we won't reveal here! One more way to die! 19 new musical compositions Music now available in all chapters! 1 new HCG scene 93 new drawings f…
- Announcement of update 0.05.8.0 - 5 August 2024
Hello everyone! The Second Chance developers are back in touch! We're here, which means we have some amazing news! Nothing terrible has happened to us since the last announcement (hooray!), so we're happy to tell you a bit more about the upcoming update. And believe us, it was worth the wait! Ready? Hold on tight, because here's what's in store for you: - Over 20,000 lines of new code! Yes, you heard that right. This includes new dialogues and a full translation into English. Our fingers are still smoking! - A new HCG gallery with more than 90 images. Our sole artist has been working tirelessly (with graphics tablets in hand). - Several new locations with their own atmospheric backgrounds. Get ready to explore! - Four new characters with fresh sprites and a few old acquaintances who have finally emerged from the folders of our computers. - And of course, a bunch of new achievements! Bec…
- Preview of update 0.05.8.0 - 28 July 2024
Hey everyone! It's the Second Chance game developers here! What? You thought we abandoned the game? Pffft! Of course not! Two years ago, when we released a small update, we had no idea how much our lives would change in the near future. Back then, we planned to release the next story update in just a couple of months - summer 2022. But, as you noticed, that didn’t happen. Over these two years, a lot has changed, and many things have happened. We had to leave our home and start from scratch in a new country. These were very challenging times. Nevertheless, the game development never stopped. We kept writing text, fixing code, creating new art, and designing future updates. Unfortunately, the work wasn't as regular as we would have liked, so we couldn’t frequently share news about new content with you. However, we did share some updates about our progress on our Patreon and Boosty. But en…
- Music Box v3.0 - 4 March 2022
Hello everyone! Today we've added a fresh update to the game that adds some new music, and also brings a lot of music to chapter four! Yeah, I know it's weird that we started adding music at the end of the game instead of the beginning, but there's nothing we can do about that! We also updated the credits to include information about the latest music. List of new songs: Aakash Gandhi - Spirit of the Dead Sappheiros - Moments Wydron - Third Gate
- Music Box v2.0 - 7 February 2022
Hi all! In today's update we've added the missing music for chapter five, fixed a few typos, and updated the credits! The list of new songs: KR - You'll Never Know Doug Maxwell - Cast of Pods Quincas Moreira - Marianas Emmit Fenn - Wander TrackTribe - Longer Distance Reed Mathis - Keep Moving On TrackTribe - Back To Portland Domitori Taranofu - Dreams of Japan
- Angel's Flight - 27 January 2022
Hello all, the developers are here, and we're happy to tell you that the fresh game update is ready! As mentioned earlier, the size of chapter five was larger than we had planned, and on closer inspection, it was even larger than we had re-planned for. Today we're finally removing the familiar Seraz stub, giving you a full playthrough of this story all the way to the end of chapter five! What's new: About 7000 lines of code and dialogs New location - Hospital New location - The Road New location - Asylum Club New location - Karaoke room Amber - a new character you can meet in the city A new set of costumes and a new location to meet Karmala 20 new music tracks 2 new HCG scenes 94 new drawings for new HCG scenes Seraz is now available in the galleries New sprite for the fang Sprites for two new items 17 new achievements Fresh credits update Full English translation As you can see, we beg…
- February cleaning! - 3 February 2021
It's been a while since the last update. Sometimes it seems as if the world has fallen into chaos... Wait a minute... It did, didn't it? Since the last update we've been working hard on the new content, but at this point we realize that the upcoming volume of chapter 5 is so large that even working on the individual story branches is too time-consuming. But we're trying to keep up the pace despite the challenges. In this update we tried to solve the most pressing issues facing the technical component of the game. This will allow us to release future updates with greater ease in the future. List of changes The credits have been updated. They now have January 2021 relevance. The technical component of the credits has been changed. This change should solve all the problems with getting the achievement for watching credits. New music has been added (special thanks to Jacob "Scraps" Gilbert…
- June, 2nd (Update) - 2 June 2020
In today's update, we continued work on Chapter Five. As we have written before, the fifth chapter will be added in parts. Today we have added another part to Chapter 5, so we have raised the version of the game to 0.05.2.2... For now, that part is only available when you go through Jace's storyline in Chapter Four. So, in today's update: Added the option to help Seraz in chapter five Added another mini-game with a fight. Added English translation for all new content Added 5 achievements related to new content. Reworked the game launch sequence. The content warning and age verification screens have been completely rewritten to prevent rare errors with the inability to start playing on some builds of Unix systems. The credits have been updated as of 1 June 2020. If you supported the game on Patreon from January 2020 to June 2020, you can now find your name in the credits. Fixed typos in…
- January 14 (Update) - 14 January 2020
In today's update, we have begun to gradually implement the plan to add a fifth chapter. Chapter five will be added in parts. Therefore, you will be able to see the content for the fifth chapter only with a certain path. In today's update, we added a continuation of Jace's storyline. We've also adjusted the results of some choices to fit what's going on in Chapter Five. So, in today's update: We've added a fifth chapter. Added English translation of chapter five Added several achievements (2 for Chapter 4 and 3 for Chapter 5) Recycled in-game achievement system The in-game achievements gallery is temporarily disabled Added a new character named Oleg Added a new character named Jenna Completely redesigned Sprite Jenna Jenna's icon in the gallery has been changed Added new location: Betram's Shop Added new location: First aid station Added new location: Private room Lin's room has been co…
- June, 11 (Update) - 11 June 2019
Just a small update! I mean it! Really small! English localization fixed for part of 3rd chapter Fixed typos in Russian version Credit updated That's all. There are absolutely no secrets included. Nothing suspicious. At all.
- March, 31 (Beta update) - 1 April 2019
So, ok. It's time to set beta release live. To get access to beta release in Steam: 1. Right click on Second Chance in steam lib 2. Settings 3. Beta-release 4. Choose "testing_new_content" in list 5. Game will be updated. We can play it. 6. To revert changes, just make the same, but in 4th choose "Decline" Game starts at chapter 5 - it's ok When game ends, game will be closed - it's ok Don't forget to report all bugs in game discussions. It's not yet finished chapter. It's just public beta.
- February, 9 (Update) - 9 February 2019
Hello everyone! In today's update, we took a few steps towards unifying the game client and prepared it for porting to android. Yes, you heard right! We've been working on the game port for a long time, and at the moment we've solved all (we hope) the problems that confronted us. The game will soon be ported to android, so that you can enjoy it anywhere! Among other things, in today's update: Fixed a bug due to which during the fight, Sam's right hand was perceived by the game as the left. Fixed many typos in the Russian version of the game Fixed some mistakes in the English version of the game Credits reworked. Now we are using a new, more convenient and less resource-intensive way to display 'em on the screen. Fixed freezing titles error, now it should disappear completely. Reduced the size of the game client. This update began to do long ago, so that something could not get on the li…
- January, 15 (Update) - 15 January 2019
Hello! We are back from our small, impromptu vacation, and have already begun our work! In today's update, we added: Fixed a bug that did not allow to see Karmala win scene Credits corrected and updated on both Russian and English Fixed a few narration errors in the Lin storyline. Fixed several typos and errors in Russian and English versions. Added some new sounds and animations. There was something else, but I can't remember what exactly...
- December, 11 (Update) - 11 December 2018
Changelog: Added Karmala fight mini-game Some russian strings in english version changed into english Few typos and errors fixed in english and russian versions Added new achievement ATTENTION! If at the time you receive a new achievement you may see an error message. This error is caused by the features of the engine and arises from the fact that we have added one more achievement. To prevent the error from appearing again, use the "Reset progress" button in settings menu (Steam achievements will not be lost after pressing it). We are sorry for that, and we are currently looking for a way to make sure this won't happened again. Report any errors here - https://steamcommunity.com/app/958720/discussions/1/1750106661701090120/
- December, 5 (Update) - 5 December 2018
Fixed a large number of typos in the English version in Jace's route Some other typos in English version all over the game Fixed a bug due to which in fight mini game phrases in Russian was showed in English version
